Thursday, February 13, 2014
ProQuest
I like ProQuest. This is a great resource site to find valid, current and reliable info at your finger tips. I think that the biggest problem when researching info for anyone is to get your topic narrowed down to find exactly what you're looking for. I like the subject areas below and clicked on Humanities and the Arts. I looked up info on architecture and homes - victorian style homes (which I had to keep narrowing down my research topic) and still found many article that did not quite match what I was looking for. Just scrolling and scan till I found the article I was interested in. So I clicked on citation and did a copy/paste and this is the info: The Perfect English Country Inn; How a free-spirited art dealer and his artist wife brought a Victorian-style inn back to life
falseKonig, Rita. WSJ : the Magazine from the Wall Street Journal (May 2012): n/a
The next question to research was to see someone else's blog and this is what I found: Mrs. Kafka - looked at Common Core Standards on Proquest. She found many articles that were current and reliable. It did take me about 7 blogs to find someone that is researching ProQuest. Some people must make time to do their homework during the evening or on the weekend. In which, I do not have the time or capabilities because I referee basketball.
The last question was to click on publications and find text in alphabetical order, then type in the search box our career which is librarian and I found two publications. Both publications are not very current - 2009 and 1996. So going back to my first statement - sometimes info is not current.
What is nice about ProQuest is that I don't have to have an inventory of all different magazines and archive in my library. I certainly don't have the space and finding information electronically is faster and may be more accurate. Unless you have time to spare, would you share some with me?
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I have enjoyed reading your comments. I too appreciate the fact that with ProQuest our students have access to way more magazines and newspapers than any school library could provide.
ReplyDeleteI understand your comment about having time to spare as I could use some too. I am the library media specialist tutor at Lemmon Elementary. Working with students every day is wonderful. I look forward to going to work each day. It is fun and rewarding taking the electronic challenge. I am learning and sharing what I learn in my library classes.
Proquest is all the things you mention and more! One of the ways I really find useful in Proquest is the limiters on the right hand side after you have done a search--one can limit by journal type, by article type etc. So you can find only interviews or reviews. It can help focus your results.
ReplyDeleteThe publications option is great--I was curious what there is for librarian and those are two resources that I use regularly so am thrilled to see them in Proquest. One publication starts in 2009 and is full text to current. The other has full text starting in 1996 and has full text to current. I will set up an alert so I get an e-mail each time new content is added. Thanks for drawing my attention to these titles!
Great post,
Julie
I found your topic interesting, and something I would not have thought of. I liked your comment about having to look at several blogs to find someone who has done their homework. Ha! I am one of those people! I have a very busy life, which is why I really like this class. I am learning a lot at my own pace! I have had a lot of experience with most of the sites in this course during my Doctoral studies, but I am participating for a nice refresher and so I can pass this information on to my staff.
ReplyDeleteYou did a very good job of reviewing all the assignments for this challenge. You go into depth and tell details. I am behind on assignments, but am working to get caught up.
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